- Ali Breland @ The Atlantic: America’s Next Top Racist
No matter how far Nick Fuentes pushes his bigotry, his influence continues to rise.
- Edith Olmstead @ The New Republic: Trump Just Said Exactly What a Dictator Would Say
The president had a despotic message for Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
- Sean James @ Mediaite: 5 Wild Moments From Trump Cabinet Meeting That Lasted Longer Than The Godfather
Somebody get the commander-in-chief a Gatorade. President Trump just wrapped a marathon cabinet meeting on Tuesday afternoon that lasted a staggering 3 hours and 17 minutes — a time in which viewers could have watched The Godfather, or The Godfather III for that matter, in its entirety.
- Nikki McCann Ramírez @ Rolling Stone: Trump Threatens Criminal Charges Against Top Democratic Donor
The president says Hungarian billionaire George Soros “should be charged.”
- Media Matters: Megyn Kelly on Trump targeting political enemies: “It's time. I'm fucking done taking the high road. They have to suffer.”
Kelly: “We didn't prosecute Hillary Clinton. We did not go after her. We did not lock her up. We tried to take the high road. They didn't accept the olive branch.”
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: FEMA scrambles to suspend staffers who rang the alarm about the agency’s direction
These FEMA employees effectively played the role of whistleblowers, pushing for solutions to problems. They were suspended for having done the right thing.
